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THIS BEAUTIFUL POSTER OF HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY PER
FECTLY EXEMPLIFIES THE SPIRIT OF THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS.
WAR WORK OF
AMERICAN WOMEN
Staggering Tola! Shewn by
ProGuciion ot Red Gross
Gtiapiers During War.
NEARLY $100,000,000 WORTH
This Was Only One of Many Activi
ties in Which Their Loyalty to
Their Country Was Shown.
The war achievement of the women
of the United Stales through the
American Red Cross has just been
made public, and it «?hows clearly
what they did to win the great con
flict.
The report shows but one of the
numerous activities by which they
backed up the country's lighting men,
but the tremendous part they played
is shown in the fact that in two years
they produced nearly $100,000,000
worth of surgical articles and gar
ments, a truly staggering total.
Three Million Worked.
It is estimated that 3,000,000 wo
men and girls participated in this
tremendous work, and it is among
them largely that the Red Cross is
now recruiting the million workers
who will assist in the enrollment of
members for 11)20 during the ten days
ending Armistice day, when universal
membership will be sought to maintain
tne effectiveness of the organization
built up in the war for the big peace
program of the Red Cross.
The approximate number of arti
cles, and their estimated value, pro
duced by the women of the various
Red Cross Divisions of the east, is as
follows:
New England (Maine, New Hamp
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island), -0,084,700 articles, valued at
$7,430,01) 5.
Atlantic (New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut), 77,859,904 articles, val
ued at $15,597,425.
Our Own Contribution.
Pennsylvania-Delaware (Pennsyl
vania and Delaware), 25,277,321 ar
ticles, valued at $7,670,279.
Potomac (District of Columbia,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia),
7,301,050 articles, valued at $2,404,319.
The other nine divisions, covering
the remainder of the United States,
did proportionately good work. Every
division made a splendid record, its |
contribution being regulated only by
its population and material resources.
Other Activities.
Chapter production was not the only
activity of these loyal women, for
th§y were tireless in Red Cross can
teen and hospital work, in the two
War Fund campaigns and Christmas
Roll Calls, the remarkable increase in
Red Cross membership from 328,000
before the war to its present strength
of nearly 20,000,000, exclusive of Jun
iors, being attributed in very large
part to their assistance.
What this chapter production meant
to the needy people to whom the re
sults of its labor was sent can scarce
ly be overestimated. It was not con
fined to any one people or group of
people, but was distributed wherever
needed over the entire war zone as
well as among the military camps in
this eouutry. The work was an earn
est, not only of the spirit of the
American women, but of the American
people as well.
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FIGHT "FLU"
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Stole Ccrassioner ef Healti.
Cells on it to Prepare For
PiioS.uio Recurrence.
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us services LAST YEAH
By Reason of Splendid Work the Red j
Cross is Asked to Be Ready This'
Fail in Case Aid is Needed.
The Commissioner of Health of
Pennsylvania has called upon ilie Red
Cross as represented here |by the
j Pennsylvania-Delaware Division, to
j make suitable preparations 10 meet ;i
possible recurrent of the influenza
epidemic this fall.
While it is believed that a repel i-j
tion of the disastrous epidemic of lasL I
year is improbable, last year's experi- i
ence lias shown that the Epidemic de- j
velops with such rapidity that in or- j
der to provide for prompt and etticieut
action, plans should now be formulat- :
ed to deal with the possible eiher- ,
gency.
Work For Chapters.
To this end the* commissioner re- ;
commends that each lied Cross chap- i
ter should make a careful survey of j
material resources, of buildings, both ■
actually and potentially available, i
and of nurses and nurses' aides, ciassi- j
lied in accordance with their avuil- |
ability for either local service or as :
a \iart of a mobile force.
The commissioner suggests' that
for the occasional case or in an epi
demic of slight proportions, arrange
ments with hospitals would meet the '
requirements in many localities.
Last Year's Services. L
All the lied Cross chapters in the
state last year did so much in coin
bating the ravages of the disease and
bringing relief to its sufferers that
their familiarity with the conditions
will enable chapter officials to take
whatever precautionary measures
sound judgment will suggest as being
advisable at this time, in order to
promptly meet a similar condition this
year should it arise.
As to the prevention and treatment
of the influenza, the commissioner ad
vises as follows:
Measures of Prevention.
"As for precautionary steps apply
ing to the individual, there seems ►
nothing better than the maintenance
of the general health at its highest
point, the avoidance of crowded, over
heated, ill-ventilated places, and the
shunning of him or her who coughs
without using the handkerchief as one
would a sufferer from smallpox.
"There is enough evidence of the
value of masks properly constructed,
properly worn, and supplemented by
clean hands to make this measure
advisable, particularly in the case of
those who do cough. This as a protec
tion to others.
"The underlying cause of influenza
has not been discovered, unless it be n
Alterable virus, nor is there any
therapeutics for it other than shelter,
good nursing, proper nourishment, and i
symptomatic treatment."
The state officials feel that the
work of the Red Cross in the late
epidemic alone has more than fully
justified the existence of the body and
its future continuance. The perfect
organization will be of great value in
preventing another visitation this fall. I
RED GROSS S ALS
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idea Was Originated in This,
fcoontry in 1908 by MiSS i
Emhy P, Bissfcii, of Wil
mington, Del j
FIRST SALE YIELDED $3,000
National Tuberculosis Association,
Which Sponsors Sale, Will Place
650,0C0.C00 Seals on Sale to
Finance the Fight Against
T überculosis.
AMERICAN RECCROS
HEALTH AMD A
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The Red Cross Seal —as millions of J
Americans know it to day, is an agent i
of happiness and health. Jt was orig- •
inated in 1907 by Miss Emily P. Bissell,
of Wilmington, Delaware, who learned
through Jacob liiis of somewhat simi
lar seals that were sold in Norway for ,
the purpose of raising funds with •
which to tight tuberculosis.
Miss Bissell persuaded the Ameri
can lied Cross to take up the idea with
the result that seals were sold in a j
limited number of communities in
190 S. The sale yielded a revenue of •
approximately $3,000. The Red Cross ;
then decided to issue the seals each •
year and to turn the proceeds over to
the Nation.il Tuberculosis association
and its affiliated societies for the pur
pose of financing the campaign against
tuberculosis. The number of seals
sold in America increased by leaps ;
and bounds until in 1917 the total
reached 150,000,000.
This year the seals are again on
sale beginning December 1. More
than half a billion seals have been
printed for distribution to state and
local agents. In addition to ihe
seals "Health Bonds" in denomina
tions ranging from $5.00 to $lOO.OO .
are to be sold in lieu of seals to
large contributors, who do not send
out a sufficient quantity of mail in
December to make use of all the seals
they would like to purchase. The
combined quotas of all the state or
ganizations call for more than $6,500,-
iiihi to carry out the intensive educa
tional campaign being conducted by
the National Tuberculosis Association
and its 1,000 affiliated societies.
The intensive sale of those seals
represents a practical demonstration
of every lesson that lias been learned
regarding scientific distribution. Ex
perts of the highest standing in sales '
management nave co-operated to the
extent of assuring those interested
that every resident of the United
States will have an opportunity to buy
Fed Cross Christmas Seals.
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JOAKIN ALEXAPOULOS
Greek Prelate.
J OAKIN ALEXOPOULOS, dean ol
the Greek Orthodox Church, has
been appointed by the Greek gov
ernment to represent his native coun
try at the Third World's Christian
Citizenship Conference, Pittsburgh,
Armistice Week, November 9 to 16.
He is one of over eighty religious and
reform leaders from all parts of the
world who will meet with the dele
gates of Churches and other religious
bodies and with thousands of other
Americans at the coming World Con
ference, most of the sessions of
which are open to the public.
As an American troopship pulled
away from a New York dock on its
journey to France, Stonewall Jackson
and Welcome Rrown hung over the
forward rail and looked with solemn
faces down into the choppy waters of
the Atlantic.
"What you'all gwlne to do. Stone
wall. if one of dem pow'ful mean tor
pedoes smash into dis here boat?"
Stonewall remained silent for a
minute, then he turned a sober face
toward his brother in sorrow.
"What I gwine to do? Listen.
Welcome, my ole mammy done tole
me dat dere nebber wuz but one man
dat eber walked on de water an' got
away wid it —but ef one oh dem chas
ers ever smash into dis boat —say,
Welcome, Ah'm goin' to be de second
one." —John E. Scroggins, C. S. N. f in
Judge.
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FURNISH RELIEF
Preparations For Disaster Aid
on a Gigantic icale
how Being iViade, 1
NATION'S WEALTH AVAILABLE
New Plan is Part of the Peace Pro
gram and No Disaster is Too 3ig
For it to Hanole Efficiently.
Preparedness for disaster relief j
on a stale never before possible is
being undertaken by the American
lied Cross, as one of the important
features of its peace program, for
the support of which an effort will be
made to secure a record membership
during the Third Red Cross roll call,
November 2 to 11.
A Frightful Record.
Because of the lack of the spec
tacular in many of them, it is not j
generally realized how frequently
disasters occur, bringing death and
suffering in their wake. Since 1900,
disasters of peace have cost thousands
<>f lives and have brought personal
injury and property losses to no
fewer than 1,500,000 persons, at the j
same time destroying property valued i
at over $1,000,000,000.
During 1917 alone, eighty disasters
came to the attention of the American
Red Cross; sixty-two tornadoes, five;
floods, four great fires, two earth- 1
quakes, two serious mine explosions,
two munition plant explosions, a race
riot, a shipwreck and i lie tragic ca« ,
lam it y which befell Halifax. The to- I
tal of deaths entailed was 1758. while
5927 were injured and ilie property
Tbss reached $110,000,000.
Under its direction the entire re
sources of all communities for emer
gency relief will be mobilized for in
stant use when needed. Red Cross
chapters everywhere will create Dis
aster Preparedness Committees that
will 'make surveys locating not only
emergency food supplies, drugs and
other hospital supplies, cots, mattress
es, blankets, clothing, schools, ar
mories and other buildings for housing j
refugees, but also will canvass physi
cians, nurses, social workers and
others prepared to respond instantly
to calls for their services in disasters.
Relief Supply Centers.
Information gathered in these sur
veys will be liled by the thirteen Red
Cross Divisional organizations in the
United States, which will establish
disaster relief supply centers and
take charge of operations when assist
ance is needed. In the case of major
disasters, where the resources of the
division in which it occurs are over
! taxed, the entire relief .strength of the
; Red Cross in ihe country may he mo
bilized, through National Headquar
j tei\s. And there will also be ready
j tor immediate relief duty the equip
ment and personnel of the fifty base
hospitals organized by the American
Red Cross and turned over to the
army for service in France.
For the guidance of its represen
tatives at the scene of disasters a
comprehensive Relief Manual has
been compiled by .T. Byron Deacon,
director general of the American Red
Cross Department of Civilian Relief,
who is charged with responsibility for
! Red Cross funds and operations in
disasters. The Manual calls attention
to the frequency of disasters and
urges that relief to be effective must
be swift and centralized.
The local community, so far as pos
sible is depended upon to provide its
own relief, with the Division and Na
tional Red Cross organizations stand
ing ready to rush additional aid where
it is necessary. The extensive and
varied experience of the Red Cross
places it in a peculiarly effective po
sition to offer sound counsel. It has
built up a trained and seasoned staff
of relief workers and each Division
office wil" have its list of experieftced
disaster workers under agreement to
go, at a moment's notice, to any
stricken territory.
The Red Cross is thus planning to
put disaster relief on such a sound
basis that it will become in the fullest
sense, nation-wide in scope, and will
assure a swifter mobilization and ap
plication of whatever may be needed
after calamities, no matter what their
size or where they occur.
RED CROSS PHOTOGRAPHS
GRAVES OF OUR HEROES
Of the 150 American aviators who
lost their lives in battle, the graves
of 143 have been photographed by the
American Red Cross for their families.
Every effort is being made to locate
and photograph the seven that hav«
not yet been found.
In many cases graves were located
only after hundreds of miles of Ger
man soil had been covered. As soon
as they were found and properlj
marked in accordance with army
regulations they were photographed.
The same system has l»een followed
in France, where the Red Cross photo
graphed thousands ot graves of Amer
ican soldiers fqp their families. These
photographs are in a special holder,
supplied by the Red Cross, and giv*
all markinss as well as the exact lo*
cation of the graves.
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BEVERLY HAVES
Beverl> Hayes says: "Bu> Red Cross Christinas Seals. They protect
lit(le children from the ravages of tuberculosis. They build a barrier of
health about the workers of the nation. Tiiey protect homes —your home.
"They spell hope, assurance and ihysical and economic rehabilitation to
more than one million people in the United States who have tubercu
losis. It you purchase enough lied Cross Christmas Seals, the dwr!h
rate of this dread plague will be materially reduced.
"Last year in >,OOO people fell victims of the disease. Twelve thousand
of ti*t»se were little children. Think f it! This death toll is needless. If
we ;:11 do our part in the sale this year, next year's death rate will be small
er. It will be reduced year In yeai until evenitially tuberculosis has pass
ed i the oblivion which has already engulfed leprosy and
typ. •; : fever."
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Christian Citizenship Conference
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DR. PIERRE CHOTCH
Minister of Justice of Montenegro.
DURING the War Dr. Chotch as
sumed the function of Ministei
of Foreign Affairs, where his
task was to reveal the attitude of
official Serbia against the sovereignty
of his own country. After the insur
rection in Montenegro in 1917 he be
came successively Minister of Justice,
Temporary Minister of Public Instruc
tion and Religion and Temporary
Minister of Foreign Affairs. He comes
to America to address the Third
World's Christian Citizenship Confer
ence to be held in Pittsburgh, Armis
tice week, November 9-16, under the
direction of the National Reform
Association. Thousands of individuals
and delegates from religious bodies'
are expected to attend this confer
ence.
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POLICARPO BONILLA
Former President of Honduras.
PRESIDENT of, and exile from his
native country, is the remarkable
career of Policarpo Bonilla, ol
Honduras. When seven years old he
was left an orphan, at 17 he was grad
uated at law, at 20 he was an attorney
and at 21 he was a member of th«
Exchequer. For some years he also
was a Congressman.
In 1891, Mr. Bonilla became chief
of the Liberty Party of Honduras and
a candidate for president of that coun
try. He was defeated and exiled but
was later successful in leading a revo
lution and was elected President in
1894, serving four years. *?ince serr
ing as President, he has been a mem
ber of Congress and Envoy Extra
ordinary to France.